Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 21, 2011

Way to crib from an old Twilight Zone episode, Wiley …

also a rip off from play boy cartoon. earth with a back stage sign. SET THREE.

gulliver’s travels…big fish, small pond, or small fish, big pond…

I’m reminded of that scene in Planet of the Apes when the astronauts first come into contact with humans. Noting how timid and primitive the native humans are, the astronauts fancy themselves as potential conquerors…

All a matter of perspective indeed.

Funny twist on a familiar idea + drawn wonderfully = GOOD CARTOON.

But what if there are bigger Gods controlling them? and bigger—— Wat’s wid de palm tree *WILEY?

That’s the way it was in The Twilight Zone, Lewreader

It’s about timeIt’s about spaceAbout two men in the strangest place

Which two? Why is that fishbowl apparently not in a house?

There’s all kinds of reasons why the physics of this don’t work but after all, it is a comic strip.

I’m not contemplating the possible nuances of today’s strip.. just chuckling.

isn’t that the one where the guy hit the palm tree, and it fell over exposing the wooden slat base?

is this the water version of Horton’s dust speck? I like it!

Many of the Twilight Zone episodes were adaptations of science fiction from the 30s and 40s, often by the original authors or by screenwriters working with them. If you like the genre and haven’t read any compilations of short stories from Amazing Stories and other magazines, I highly recommend you do. It’s a real treat.

This reminded me of an old Steve Ditko story, early 60’s, maybe from Amazing Adult Fantasy, same theme. Enjoyed today’s take on this plotline.

Think of the genius it took to create today’s technology and “magical devices”, just don’t focus too much on the monkeys using them, or put too much food in the maze.

Wasn’t Agnes Moorehead the besieged woman in that “Twilight Zone” episode?

Thanks Wiley, for reminding us of how our self centered, egotistic ways, always end up placing us into humbling situations.

This seems a lot more like the original Twilight Zone episode entitled “The Little People” where two astronauts land and discover a tiny civilization. One gets carried away and forces his partner to leave so that he is god. Then he gets stepped on by even LARGER astronauts.

When I think I’m the biggest thang and i have to run the whole show, it’s very nice of Wiley to remind me it ain’t necessarily so….

Yikes! With the way I post, I’m in trouble! Guess I’d better watch my punctuation more closely.

So this spaceship crash lands, not just on a planet, not just in a neighborhood, not just in a house, but in a fish bowl in that house? Okay…

Reminds me of James Blish’s “Surface Tension”.